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I think one can only be committed if he or she is thought to be a threat (able to harm) him or herself or others or completely out of touch with reality (e.g. you don't even know what day it is or who is the president). At least that's how it is in my state.
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...Out of night and alarm
Out of terrible dreams
Reach me your hand!
This is the meaning that we suffered in sleep:
The white peace of the waking.
~Edna St. Vincent Millay, "Song of the Nations"~
Diagnoses: Bipolar 2, OCD, Chronic Worrywart 
Meds: Lithium (reducing), Trileptal, Latuda, Risperdal, Klonopin and Xanax PRN
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